US History EOC Review

Was the promise of religious, social, and political freedom in America a push or pull factor for immigrants?

• Push
• Pull

What was Ellis Island?

• An amusement park
• An immigration center in New Jersey
• An immigration center in New York
• The first capital of the United States

I had a monopoly on the steel industry. I am ______________

• Thomas Edison
• John D. Rockefeller
• The Wright Brothers
• Andrew Carnegie

This man invented the assembly line that he used to make his Model T.

• Henry Ford
• Thomas Edison
• Andrew Carnegie
• JP Morgan

Captains of Industry or __________  ruthlessly took advantage of workers and destroyed competitors to get rich

• Political Bosses
• Freedman's Bureau
• Robber Barons
• Poor Immigrants

In 1906 I  Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act) 

• Upton Sinclair 
• Lincoln Steffens 
• Jacob Riis 
• Frank Norris 

Social Darwinism promoted the idea that..

• people in lower classes were not capable of economic success
• immigration weakened national unity
• the government should take responsibility for the well-being of people
• poverty could be eradicated through increased economic regulation

The U.S. declared war on Spain after

• the Maine exploded in Havana Harbor
• an attempted assasination of President Cleveland
• the Spanish invaded Puerto Rico
• the failed rebellion of José Martí

Who was the President during the building of the Canal and was the 1st to leave America?

• Teddy Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• Woodrow Wilson
• Franklin Roosevelt

Which statement is NOT true about the territories the U.S. gained after the war?

• The U.S. had control over the Philippines until they gained their independence in 1946
• The U.S. still controls Guam and Puerto Rico today
• Cuba became independent after The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1898
• The U.S. gained control over The Philippines, Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico